Hardline Custom Compact Lan Case

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Jon C
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Hardline Custom Compact Lan Case

Fully custom case and first time hardline water-cooled with custom integrated reservoir/distro plate.
Winner of LTT x Dreamhack Custom PC Competition
Total case volume ~ 10L


Case is fully custom, and designed by me. The objective was the smallest possible hard lined liquid cooled case. I am short on funds, but high on engineering, so I wanted to include my current hardware, including a 240mm rad, full length graphics, SFX-L PSU, and room for an 2.5"ssd AND 3.5"HDD.

This was my first time doing a fully custom case and also my first time doing any custom liquid cooling so it was an adventure in both respects!

Interesting innovations to make this compact system work:
-DANcase 'sandwich' style layout
-Front panel contains integrated custom reservoir and custom pump top
-Use radiator to cross sides of the case and Front panel res to cross back
-Single slot liquid cooled GPU hides 3.5"HDD (didn't want that on the outside layer)
-Feet to add height double as LAN/Airport carry handles

Ryzen 7 1700 overclocked - 3.9 Ghz
Vega 56 flashed to 64 bios and overclocked and undervolted
32GB (16x2) Trident Z Rgb Memory 3 Ghz OC to 3.2 Ghz
512 GB M.2, and 250gb ssd, AND 3 TB 3.5" HDD (Hiding behind the GPU)

750w lian li SFX-L PSU
Gigbyte mITX AB350N gaming wifi AC

Corsair commander pro for fan control based on temperature.
Color(s): Aluminum Green
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: none
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: SFF
Type: General Build

Contests

This build participated in 3 contests.

Hardware

CPU
$ 195.00
AMD - Ryzen 7 (1700)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 8
Motherboard
$ 218.86
Gigabyte - Gaming (Wi-Fi) (GA-AB350N)
Chipset: B350
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Mini-ITX
Memory
$ 111.98
G.Skill - Trident Z (3000MHz) (Black/RGB) (2x)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
$ 200.00
AMD - Vega 56
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: Vega 56
Storage
$ 149.98
Samsung - 960 EVO
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: M.2 (M)
Capacity: 500 GB
Storage
$ 189.99
Toshiba OCZ - Agility 3
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 240 GB
Storage
$ 85.00
Western Digital - Caviar Green WD20EARS
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 2 TB
PSU
Lian Li - PE
Wattage: 750
Form Factor: SFX
Efficiency: 80+ Platinum
Case
Custom - Custom (custom)
Cooling
$ 209.99
EKWB - EK-FC Radeon Vega RGB - Nickel
Type: GPU Waterblock
Cooling
$ 50.00
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